I am still in my certification spree - after completing Microsoft trial, I decided to try project management oriented courses and certifications. First shot - PRINCE2. I guess it should be familiar to everyone, but if it isn’t, you can find some details here:
http://www.prince-officialsite.com/faq.aspx?category=PRINCE2+FAQs&btnSubmit=Open#FAQno23 or here: http://www.apmg-international.com/APMG-UK/PRINCE2/PRINCE2Home.aspx
Today I’ve passed the first of 2 exams - PRINCE2 Foundation and I think I can give first feedback on how useful I find it and if it makes any sense at all:
- PRINCE2 utilizes client (business / end-user) perspective and it doesn’t care about what project is about (technical aspect of the project)
- PRINCE2 is very strongly oriented on Business Case (and maintaining it), which I find as a very good practice
- PRINCE2 is very generic - it seems to fit any type of project as it’s very adjustable (this paradigm is one of its foundations)
- It’s simple and it just… makes sense :)
- It fits our “value added” approach very well
- Tolerance-based management is very clear and simple, but it does its job
- It tells you WHO should do WHAT, but it lacks techniques, so it avoids answering the question WHY. And I don’t mean technology aspects, but management best practices
- Polish translation is terrible (never, never try certifying PRINCE2 in anything else than english)